The departing board members and the current board members are volunteers who serve without pay, Smith said. The end of the controversy would have not been possible without the help of the departing board members and their lawyers, Smith said.

"It was just a legitimate difference of opinion on how the cemetery should be run," Smith said.

Dory Lacy, reached at home, said he was not given a reason for his termination.

"All I hope is that they have a plan to move forward to take care of the cemetery," Lacy said. "I honestly believe that, I want them to have a plan to move on."

Lacy and Renegar, in addition to their jobs at Llano Cemetery, had worked for the proposed funeral home and were owed money by the never-opened funeral home, according to court records. In a court hearing, however, Lacy said he planned to donate his $4,000 in wages back to Llano.

"The wounds went too deep to heal," Smith said about Lacy's termination.

Late last year, in response to a lawsuit from Llano plot owner/shareholder Jean Smith, 47th state District Judge David Gleason froze $1.38 million in Llano funds earmarked for the proposed funeral home, pending a trial. Plot owner Jean Smith is not related to Mike Smith, the Gibson, Ochsner & Adkins firm attorney in the Llano case.

"We are trying to get around the durn lawsuit," Randall, who was serving as president of the Llano board, said at the time.

Jean Smith said Tuesday she was delighted with Llano developments and still wants the disputed $1.38 million put back into the Llano trust funds.

"I'm really pleased with the new board," Smith said. "I'm sure they will work hard to do what is necessary."

Llano Cemetery is located at 2900 S. Hayes St. During the 1930s, Llano board member James Oscar Guleke spearheaded a major effort for Llano improvements, which made use of federal-work-project laborers and included adding water pipes and paving roadways. Guleke touted Llano during a 1933 radio talk and eventually donated 160 acres of land to the cemetery.